Board

Gina Plata-Nino

Staff Attorney

J.D., Northeastern University School of Law (2012)

Attorney Gina Plata-Nino joined the Central West Justice Center in January 2016 to manage the Food Security Outreach Project, a collaboration between CWJC and the Worcester County Food Bank. The goal of the project is to help clients successfully navigate and become enrolled in SNAP benefits with the help of Food Security volunteer advocates. Previously, she worked as a corporate associate in southeast Asia and as a law clerk at the Massachusetts Appeals Court for the Honorable Cynthia Cohen and Mark Kantrowitz. She also founded a nonprofit organization called Oon Jai, which works to alleviate poverty in southeast Asia.

“Legal aid organizations are being deluged with requests for help...so many problems, and for each the poor look to legal services for help.”